Packing Services in Alton
Professional packing, unpacking and materials supply. Vetted, insured crews across GU34 — with a fixed price agreed before we start, from £45/hr.
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- Since 2019
Packing Services · Alton
from £45/hr
Fixed price, quoted before we arrive
- Postcodes
- GU34
- Availability
- 7 days
- Cover
- £1m liability
- Licence
- CBDU300454
What we can show you for Alton
Alton access and housing notes
GU34 housing stock and loading reality, written for Alton rather than the county.
Packing Services in Alton: what actually matters here
An East Hampshire market town at the head of the Wey valley, with a Georgian and Victorian centre, a brewing and light-industrial history, and a wide hinterland of downland villages sharing its postcode.
The housing stock is Georgian and Victorian property along the High Street and Normandy Street, much of it listed; Victorian terraces around the old brewery and station; interwar and post-war semis at Wilsom and Borovere; modern estate development on the eastern and northern edges; and period cottages, farmhouses and converted barns through the GU34 villages, which decides the tools, protection and crew size we bring to a packing services job.
Alton's centre is the constraint. The High Street and the lanes behind it are narrow, one-way in places, heavily parked and lined with listed frontages, so a large van cannot simply stand while it loads and we plan a smaller vehicle or a timed stop. The modern estates on the edges of town are conventional, with drives and turning space. The GU34 villages bring single-track lanes, flint walls and farm entrances where the vehicle is chosen before the price is given. East Hampshire District Council sets parking, collections and bulky waste; disposal is through Hampshire County Council's permit-controlled recycling centres, which accept no trade waste.
Alton jobs are routed across the full GU34 area, so Holybourne, Wilsom and Borovere are quoted exactly as the centre of town is, with no outer-area surcharge.
Alton is a smaller town; the streets around The Watercress Line steam railway running from Alton station towards Alresford are the ones where we most often check loading arrangements in advance.
What a packing services job includes
Packing is priced two ways so you only buy what you need: per packer per hour — £30 for one, £55 for two, with a two-hour minimum — or as a fixed price by property size, from £180 for a studio or one-bed, £280 for a two-bed and £420 for a three-bed. Materials are charged at cost, a two-bed materials pack starts at £68, and empty cartons are collected free after the move. Unpacking at the new address is charged the same hourly way, with boxes flattened and taken away.
Materials
- Double-wall cartons, tissue paper, bubble wrap and tape supplied and charged at cost
- Wardrobe cartons so hanging clothes travel on the rail
- Purpose-made cartons for pictures, mirrors, TVs and lamps
- Mattress bags and protective covers for soft furnishings
The pack
- Room-by-room packing with a numbered inventory as we go
- Every carton labelled with its room and its contents, not just a room name
- China, glass and stemware individually wrapped and packed on edge rather than stacked flat
- Electronics packed with their cables, and screens boxed upright
- A clearly marked essentials box kept back for the first night
Options
- Fragile-only pack for the kitchen and glassware, from £120, when you are doing the rest yourself
- Full pack the day before the move so loading starts on time
- Unpacking at the new address at £30 per hour, with cartons flattened and removed
- Free collection of empty cartons after you have finished unpacking
What changes the price on a packing services job
- Packing takes longer than people expect. A studio is typically four to six hours for one packer and a family home a full day for two, which is why the fixed prices are set by property size rather than by an optimistic hour count.
- The kitchen is the room that decides the timings — glassware, china and small appliances are slow, careful work, and it is the room most often left to the last hour by self-packers.
- Boxes you packed yourself are still covered for transit, but we cannot verify the contents or how they were wrapped; where a fragile item matters, let us pack it and it is documented on the inventory.
- Materials are at cost, not a profit line, so over-ordering costs you money for no benefit — we would rather bring a realistic quantity and top up than sell you a pallet of cartons.
- We do not pack fuel, aerosols under pressure, paint or gas bottles, and open food and plants are best moved by you in the car.
Removals and moving reviews across the UK
4.5 ★ from 3,131 Trustpilot reviewsThe drivers were very friendly and helpful. But they arrived at our place without any of the boxes we had previously paid for and were not aware we had contracted them. The office was helpful to find a solution but the whole process was delayed in 2 hours and in the end we didnt get… Read in full →
A throughly professional and friendly job. Moving house can be stressful, and these guys made the experience significantly less so by efficiently cleaning the house.
Booked them for one Bed Flat move from Hammersmith to Epsom. They packed all my stuff and loaded in less than 2 hours. I was also able to travel in the van to the destination. Thanks to Alan and his colleague. Forgot his name.
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Where we cover around Alton
- HolybourneGU34
- WilsomGU34
- BorovereGU34
- ChawtonGU34
- BeechGU34
- Four MarksGU34
- MedsteadGU34
- BentworthGU34
- BinstedGU34
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Alton questions, answered.
How quickly can you book packing services in Alton?
Same-week slots are standard in Alton, with next-day often available midweek. Month-end tenancy changeovers are the busiest window across Hampshire, so book those a week or two ahead.
Should I pay for packing or do it myself?
Do the wardrobes and the books yourself if you have the time; get the kitchen, the glassware and anything breakable packed properly. A fragile-only pack from £120 buys most of the protection for a fraction of the full-pack price.
How many boxes will I need?
We estimate from the survey and bring what the property size suggests — a two-bed materials pack starts at £68 — then top up if needed. Materials are charged at cost, so you pay for what you actually use.
Do you take the empty boxes away?
Yes. Empty cartons are collected free after the move, and if you book unpacking they are flattened and taken away on the same visit.